This article is based on this Dutch article of Martijn Benders By engaging with interrelated poems. My grandmother often had mothballs in the closet. Nowadays, moths are hardly an issue, but back then they were everywhere. I still remember their smell because I used to love sniffing them as a child. That’s probably why I’ve…
Category: Psychosupersum
The Psychosupersum is a part of the Microdose Bible by author M.H.H.Benders where he treats mental disorders in the light of teacher plants and new psychedelics.
“I Celebrate the Empty Feast of Poetry”
This article is based on this Dutch article of Martijn Benders I Celebrate the Empty Feast of Poetry Samando, divine remains. With the undersigned on the Omnisphere, falsetto, and mastering. The name “Saman” has Persian origins and means “calm” or “repose,” and is also linked to prosperity and well-being. “Samando” could be a poetic extension…
“Reflections on a Painting by Willem van der Velden”
This article is based on this dutch article of Martijn Benders: [https://martijnbenders.substack.com/p/bij-een-beeld-van-willem-van-der](https://martijnbenders.substack.com/p/bij-een-beeld-van-willem-van-der) At a Sculpture by Willem van der Velden Today, I am sending my legal argument to the court. It was quite a task to put it together. It’s a specialty all on its own, but if you love challenges, it is a source…
Perhaps I Am a Quail Myself
This article is based on this dutch article of Martijn Benders Maybe I’m Also One of Those Quail In Gedichten om te Lezen in het Donker, my father died live on page 104 while I was composing a poem. I was sitting on my bed in Galicia when the police called; they had found my…
“And You Only Smoke the Covers”
This article is based on this Dutch article of Martijn Benders This is one of those quantum mechanical poems that would never stand a chance in the collection of a ‘real’ poetry enthusiast. No, that poetry lover is someone who seeks that one fulfilling moment every time, the moment when everything clicks, the ‘aha’ feeling…
“Remember? The Fortress”
This article is based on this dutch article of Martijn Benders: https://martijnbenders.substack.com/p/weet-je-nog-het-fort That question was posed by a gentleman from the Literary Fund in the committee. By what right does this poet recall his own life? Such and other questions are the focus of the legal case that Jurgen Eissink and I have compiled over…
“The Elevated Honey was a Syrup”
This article is based on this dutch article of Martijn Benders The Higher Honey Was a Syrup In Amanita Muscaria, the Book of the Empress, I argue that Genesis is not a creation story but the first form of drug law. The apple, of course, symbolizes the Amanita Muscaria, and the church forbade its picking…
AI Rapidly Takes Over the Literary World
This article is based on this Dutch article of Martijn Benders AI is Taking Over the World of Books at Lightning Speed Over the leaden purple heath / The dropping. Poems I just wrote, which I believe are very good. The dropping will be recognizable to most of my generation—I don’t know if they still…
The Mossy Voice of Judgment
This article is based on this Dutch article of Martijn Benders The Mossy Voice of Judgment ‘Judgment’ – the resurrection plant, of which the most famous is the Rose of Jericho, named after the city with collapsing walls when it was circled seven times by Moses and his army. The story goes that the Jewish…
“The Scent of a Potato Night”
This article is based on this Dutch article of Martijn Benders Who doesn’t know him, the Book Exorcist, who now calls himself ‘The Reader’? Most poets do not dare to write a poem about him. I do. Yesterday, I also designed the final album cover of my album: My intention to release 10 albums this…
“Wishing You a Day of Sorrow and Longing”
This article is based on this Dutch article of Martijn Benders Mullein, or Aaron’s Rod. The Hierophant in Veronique’s Tarot. With the Shark Moth that feeds on it, there’s even a subspecies called the ‘Chamomile Shark.’ That name is so beautiful that I think I’ll write a separate poem about it. If you asked me…
We Could Have Sold It as Progress
This article is based on this dutch article of Martijn Benders The Devil has always played a kind of taskmaster role in Tarot. In the Rider Waite Tarot, you see a giant goat that has enslaved humanity. Once again, a brilliant choice by Veronique to make the bagworm moth, which lives on the tea plant,…